**Official ASUS Striker II Formula Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide/BIOS Thread**

[fordf250]

475fsbx8, 30 min OCCT with q6600

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...67863468edvpcv


Setting showing in asus probe.

[fordf250]

Q6600 1hr OCCT 425fsbx9 3.8G at 1.4V with 4G of ram.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...67863468nIMJCf

This is my low voltage silent settings with all fans on low. 4G needs the nb fan on high.

I am guesing with an air cooled setup there is no room between the cpu cooler and the gfx card for a nb fan, and no small fans on the fet coolers? Is this why there are not many high clocking Strikers?

[Vladmax]

I am guesing with an air cooled setup there is no room between the cpu cooler and the gfx card for a nb fan, and no small fans on the fet coolers? Is this why there are not many high clocking Strikers?

I'm on air and the temps are good, I've got extra fan blowing right on top of the NB, it shouldn't affect the OC, however I cant get stable anywhere above 3.0Ghz... bad board or CPU I guess

[polar bear]

Got an 80mm fan directly over the NB, sort of wedged b/w CPU heatsink and GFX. Still, NB temp is 75C idle lol Stock cooling solution IMO is appaling, especially with the known heat related issues of the 680i/780i chipsets. Why Asus didnt offer a fusion block on the striker ii like the maximus boards is beyond me...

Currently waiting for MIPS blocks to replace the stock solution.

[fordf250]

Got an 80mm fan directly over the NB, sort of wedged b/w CPU heatsink and GFX. Still, NB temp is 75C idle lol Stock cooling solution IMO is appaling, especially with the known heat related issues of the 680i/780i chipsets. Why Asus didnt offer a fusion block on the striker ii like the maximus boards is beyond me...

Currently waiting for MIPS blocks to replace the stock solution.

Wow. Idle 40+ and load around 50+. 75C is hot.

[Wiinter]

Aight.. ford.. your settings/voltages don't look too far off mine, but the instant I go to 360fsb, it freaks out. Let's say I just wanted 400fsb even, I'm going to put out some 'guesses' as to what might work, then, if you're up for it, please tweak and re-post. And I'll give them a shot (I won't be an ass if something goes wrong).

FSB = 1600 (400mhz)
MEM = 800 (400mhz)
@ 9 mult = 3,600mhz

Voltages:
CPU Voltage = 1.6
CPU PLL = 1.6
CPU VTT = 1.5
Mem Voltage = 2.2
NB Core = 1.60
SB Core = 1.60
1.2v HT = 1.50
Bridge = 1.20

CPU GTL_REF Ratio = +30mV
NB GTL_REF Ratio = +30mV
DDRII Contr. Ref = DDR2_REF+30mV
DDRII Chan. A Ref = DDR2_REF+30mV
DDRII Chan. B Ref = DDR2_REF+30mV

[fordf250]

Aight.. ford.. your settings/voltages don't look too far off mine, but the instant I go to 360fsb, it freaks out. Let's say I just wanted 400fsb even, I'm going to put out some 'guesses' as to what might work, then, if you're up for it, please tweak and re-post. And I'll give them a shot (I won't be an ass if something goes wrong).

FSB = 1600 (400mhz)
MEM = 800 (400mhz)
@ 9 mult = 3,600mhz

Voltages:
CPU Voltage = 1.6
CPU PLL = 1.6
CPU VTT = 1.5
Mem Voltage = 2.2
NB Core = 1.60
SB Core = 1.60
1.2v HT = 1.50
Bridge = 1.20

CPU GTL_REF Ratio = +30mV
NB GTL_REF Ratio = +30mV
DDRII Contr. Ref = DDR2_REF+30mV
DDRII Chan. A Ref = DDR2_REF+30mV
DDRII Chan. B Ref = DDR2_REF+30mV

Thats what I run but my cpu only needs 1.325V core at 3.6G and I never change the DDR Ref voltage from auto.

[lizardking78]

Thats what I run but my cpu only needs 1.325V core at 3.6G and I never change the DDR Ref voltage from auto.

Hello,i have a Update: Striker ll F. and XP QX9650 Batch L739A664(IFX-14) 2x8800 GTS G92(Referenz cooled).
Weekend 4/5.04 LN2 Session with my Striker

[_MD_]

Hello,i have a Update: Striker ll F. and XP QX9650 Batch L739A664(IFX-14) 2x8800 GTS G92(Referenz cooled).
Weekend 4/5.04 LN2 Session with my Striker

Good job lizardking. But you don't really need LN2 to reach 4.5ghz...
The proc has very high overclock potential. All it needs is a somewhat decent cooling... On air, it flies at 4.7ghz.
on DICE/LN2 -> 5.3ghz.

[fordf250]

Sorry, for me it would not even post with 5-5-5-18 at 500fsbx8. I have run this mb to 475x8 with a quad but never got to 500fsb.

[HaD3k]

Can any of you post pictures of your air cooling solutions for the NB?

[fordf250]

Can any of you post pictures of your air cooling solutions for the NB?

Like What?

I have a 120mm fan with one point on the gfx card, one point on the nb, one point near the cpufan plug and one point pointing to the dvd drive with the exhaust side of fan flat against the ram and nb.

[fordf250]

I am not getting the drop in bandwidth over 450fsb like some posted. Memtest shows it climbing from 450- 475 still.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

I am not getting the drop in bandwidth over 450fsb like some posted. Memtest shows it climbing from 450- 475 still.

post screens? whats your everest latency?

and are you raising via bios or clockgen? clockgen the drop doesnt occur, but gets very unstable.

[fordf250]

post screens? whats your everest latency?

and are you raising via bios or clockgen? clockgen the drop doesnt occur, but gets very unstable.

Bios overclock only. Have not use a clockgen since 865P and I have not used everest in years as I thought it was only a synthetic benchmark just calculating from ram setting values to give theoretical bandwidth.

My post says I see an increase in memtest that is hard to show screens.

I am working on some other tests to see if performace goes up.

[fordf250]

post screens? whats your everest latency?

and are you raising via bios or clockgen? clockgen the drop doesnt occur, but gets very unstable.

I will download everest and test 450 and 475 same ram settings.

[fordf250]

Some info on cpus at 4G same rig and ram settings.

450fsbx9 for all, ram 1:1 at 4-4-4-12.

Opening scene of 3dmark06, prxycon.

E6600 110fps
Q6600 115fps
E6850 120fps
E8400 130fps.

The E8400 gives 2more fps in crysis benchmark than E6850, medium@1600x1200 giving 76.5fps AVRG.

I dont know why there is a diff with the e6600 to e8650 both at the same settings, its a good e6600 needing only .5Vcore more to be stable at 4G than the E6850.

The E8400 is also only 1000 points behind the Q6600 at 4G in 3Dmark06 overall.

[mashakos]

Some info on cpus at 4G same rig and ram settings.

what do you mean by 4G? 4GB ram?

and what are your volt settings btw?

[mashakos]

Are the vista drivers for the audio card on the Striker II as crap as the ones for other ASUS boards?

I'm referring to the ASUS P5W and P5B here, which had drivers that made the vista boot time ridiculously long. An uninstall of the drivers would not reverse the issue.

I'm considering installing it, but don't want to get into that situation again.

[fordf250]

what do you mean by 4G? 4GB ram?

and what are your volt settings btw?

All cpus at 4000mhz. 450x9 with ram 1:1 4-4-4-12

E6600 1.65V
Q6600 1.55V
E6850 1.6V
E8400 1.35V

I would run the Q6600 for everything as its only 6C higher at full load than the E8400 but the E8400 kicks it butt in games and thats all I do.

[mashakos]

All cpus at 4000mhz. 450x9 with ram 1:1 4-4-4-12

E6600 1.65V
Q6600 1.55V
E6850 1.6V
E8400 1.35V

I would run the Q6600 for everything as its only 6C higher at full load than the E8400 but the E8400 kicks it butt in games and thats all I do.

how are the temps overall??

I have everything on stock right now, and my idle temp is 39C. Don't know if that's so great considering the CPU is an E8400 on watercooling.

What's a good temp reader for the Striker II btw? Speedfan doesn't have the correct labels, and nvidia's nforce system monitor doesn't give me temps other than the CPU and GPU

[fordf250]

475fsbx9 almost 12000mb/s read and 44.4ns latency.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...67863468IhqJfp

Is this good or bad?

At 475fsbx9 the e8400 is only 200 points lower overall in 3dmark06 than the Q6600 at 4G.

Opening scene of proxycon 3dmark06 at 475fsb is 138fps .

[Phil The Greek]

475fsbx9 almost 12000mb/s read and 44.4ns latency.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...67863468IhqJfp

Is this good or bad?

At 475fsbx9 the e8400 is only 200 points lower overall in 3dmark06 than the Q6600 at 4G.

Opening scene of proxycon 3dmark06 at 475fsb is 138fps .

I would say its impresive
What is your trd setting in bios?

[fordf250]

I would say its impresive
What is your trd setting in bios?

trd? 4-4-4-12 2t all others auto.

[Phil The Greek]

This is the best I got with my first striker II with trd=5.The second striker I have now,can't even reatch 10000MB/s in everest like it doesn't get the trd I am setting in bios.Please go in bios and try trd=5 and let me know what you got.